Combating Islamophobia means opposing bigotry, not idealizing Muslims

Evidence

A better remedy is to call for a situation in which no religious group is singled out to prove their loyalty (consider Rep. Peter King’s investigation of Muslims as un-American); opponents of Islamophobia should criticize racism and bigotry rather than attempt to idealize Islam. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 55

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: a critique of ‘positive representation’ campaigns that demand minority groups perform loyalty instead of dismantling the demand itself.
• XREF: connects to: Generalizing from a few examples to 1.5 billion Muslims is the core of bigotry